Revelation Wellness Training

I'm so excited to be sharing this page and my story, but also nervous... I'm raising funds to complete a Revelation Wellness Instructor course this spring to begin a Christ-centered fitness class in my community. Growing up in church, I learned all the stories of God's love for people, His desire for us to honor Him with our mind, body and spirit and to live an abundant and healthy life in the love of Jesus Christ. I have been fortunate and blessed to be raised in a family with a strong faith and love for the Gospel of peace, but I have witnessed a disconnect between the spiritual Christian and the mind and body in my circle and within churches I have visited. I have always felt a deep inner knowing that God never wanted or intended for these things to be seperated within us - instead he wants to love us into wholeness and for his beloveds to be secure and complete in Him. But a key element to this wholeness is our physical and mental health - something often overlooked in Christian community and fellowship. Distraught with the disconnect I witnessed in my teens and struggling out of an unhealthy relationship myself, I began spending less time in church community seeking Him and more time seeking pleasure, distraction and a different solution to my worries, first through more relationships with men, then later through partying and intellectual pursuits. Still, I had a deep sense for spiritual connection and learning and throughout my college career I read and studied what I could about Astrology, Taoism, Buddhism, Islam and Yoga, which has its roots in Hinduism. I have been able to interview Christians, Muslims, Jews and Hindus on several occasions after graduating college with a Journalism degree and writing for a daily newspaper. I jumped on the religious story opportunities. At this point, I had already been practicing yoga semi-regularly and had many friends that were as well and also some who were certified yoga teachers and Reiki practitioners, both growing in popularity in the health and wellness fields. It seems the urge to pursue a more holistic form of wellness was not only in my own mind, but the westernization of eastern practices is growing for its ability to appeal to the mind, body and spirit of people seeking greater health and wellness. In 2009, during a year of teaching English in Costa Rica, I met and kept a sweet friend who was also a Yoga instructor. Attending her classes in Costa Rica, I felt empowered, strengthened and alive like I never was before. The most exciting part was she was also from Pennsylvania and I was able to often reconnect with her back in her home studio in Philadelphia. I was even able to travel back to Costa Rica in 2011 to participate in a week long yoga retreat. It was there, staying in a closet-sized dorm room with an empty bunk bed above me (as my traveling buddy and roommate was not able to make the trip with me) that I slept with my Bible and prayed to God to keep leading me and I gave my heart back to Christ, after believing I could never truly turn back. After an amazing week of exercise, fresh food and even better company with a group of amazing women on an organic, self-sustaining farm, I was able to travel back to the small Costa Rican community where I lived in 2009 and reunite with family and friends with whom I lived and worked. It was there that the grace of God hit me like a lightening bolt. I visited from home to home having coffee and having conversations. I had complete clarity in that moment that God had brought me full circle, provided for me, loved me, and was urging me on to wholeness. The kicker was completing an art project with children I had taught and displaying it at the local Catholic church. I stood in the sanctuary with total gratitude.

I still see a need for greater health and wholeness in the body of Christ and within myself. It breaks my heart that folks look elsewhere for that health and wellness, when the Bible gives us clear instruction for proper physical stewardship and His grace is sufficient enough to see us through every obstacle, hurdle and task in front of us on the health journey. Jesus built his ministry on healing! However, I understand the urge to search and the urge for questions. It's not bad. He invites us to seek with child-like wonder. I discovered Revelation Wellness  a couple years ago through my Facebook newsfeed and shared a video to my father's Facebook page without thinking much of it. The instructor was a vivacious brunette teaching a chair aerobics routine and wearing a "Jesus is my personal trainer" t-shirt. Since then, I have gained such encouragement though the ministry, which is all about compassion - not comparison and encouraging folks to take a closer walk with the Lord and to leave the chains behind them. I'm eager to move forward with it to improve my own wellness and to inspire and guide other believers and seekers to a more fulfilled and healthy lifestyle rooted in Him.

Thank you for taking the time to read just a small part of my journey and for donating what you can to this course study and ministry. Below is just a bit more information about Revelation Wellness. You can also visit www.RevelationWellness.org God bless!

All certified Revelation Wellness® Instructors are more than fitness instructors, they are wellness industry leaders. Upon completion of our thorough training program, you will be totally equipped to lead and instruct others into health and wholeness, rooted in Christ. Not only will you be ready to teach *Revelation Fitness® classes, inspiring and instructing others to get moving, by leading your own joy-filled and freedom-infused fitness classes, you will also be equipped to go deeper with your students as a certified Weigh Less to Feed More® facilitator. Hosting your own holistic fitness classes is an effective way to love and serve people. Most will come to you because they want to get fit or stay fit, but something deeper is always going on. As a certified Weigh Less to Feed More® facilitator you will be ready to lead them into deeper healing and wholeness. Through your *Revelation Fitness® classes and Weigh Less to Feed More® curriculum you will be armed and ready to help people get physically and spiritually fit for their God-given purpose, to love God and love people.

*Revelation Fitness® (the workout class) is not one particular style of fitness training (e.g. boot camp, circuit-style, dance choreography, kickboxing, strength training, senior, or prenatal fitness). You will learn the ins and outs of the main fitness formats so we can help YOU find out how God has designed YOU to move and move others.